Sunday, August 26, 2012

The Journey of a Quilt of Valor

This is my most recent finished project, a Quilt of Valor, "Log Cabin Star". It hasn't had an easy journey.First, it was pieced by me, a confirmed handwork lover. Machine piecing is not my favorite thing, and many times I have to force myself to do it because I need it for a particular project. I love the log cabin pattern, had plenty of scraps, and really liked this layout. I had to make this quilt.If you aren't familiar with Quilts of Valor (www.qovf.org), you might want to look into their mission and their results. They have collectively provided almost 70,000 quilts to wounded soldiers and veterans, and there is much more need for them. So...I finally got the top finished and requested a longarm quilter from QOV. They assigned a woman who lives about 50 miles from me but bowls in a league in my community! Amazing! I met her in person, and she said she'd try to quilt the top within a week. Amazing!Soon I learned that my longarmer had taken a bad fall and had badly injured her elbow. She couldn't quilt for months. The quilt was half finished, so it stayed in her frame. I waited.She finally finished the quilt but had lost my email address. I was trying not to nag so I didn't contact her every time I thought about it! When I finally emailed to inquire about her health and the quilt, I found that it was finished and we soon met up again. The quilt looked great! She did a terrific job.We both wanted the quilt to go to Afghanistan to a recently-wounded soldier. I requested that destination and mailed it to a nurse in a surgical unit at a forward operating base, sending it off with hope and prayer that it would actually get there.Well, the USPS can't track the package, and I just found out that the nurse has been transferred. Log Cabin Star hasn't been able to complete its journey, to my knowledge. Please say a prayer that it will reach its destination and comfort a warrior.

5 comments:

I'm sorry that your quilt has apparently taken an alternantive route. Hopfully it will get to it's intended destination and comfort a wounded soldier. Unfortunately when using APO/FPO addresses USPS can only track to that location and not it's foreign destination.

About Me

Hi! I'm a middle-aged quilter in Middle America with an extra-large love for quilting and fabric. A quilter since 1985, I have made over 300 quilts myself and have worked with many other quilters on donations to Project Linus.
My dear husband and I were married in 1973. We have two adult children, a lovely daughter-in-law, and the two cutest granddaughters on the face of the Earth! We also serve as domestic staff for a senior citizen cat, Quincy.
Quilting is a huge part of my daily life, and I look forward to sharing it with you.